Thursday Del Mar Recap – August 30
Early-pressing types (3 wire jobs) dominated on Polytrack. A stalker and a wire job made up the two turf route winners (rail at 14 feet).
Hat trick for Martin Garcia – He reached the 1,000 career win mark…congrats! Daniel Vergara booted home a pair. Mike Mitchell saddled two winners on the afternoon and Garcia rode both.
On the ticket front I tabbed one Primary (This Means War) winner and two Secondary (Allura, Royal Encounter) winners. Double carryover into Friday!
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Friday’s Pick 6 ($432,260 carryover)
Degree of Difficulty: Moderate (6/10)
Possible Singles: Mr. Onery (3rd race), Bella Viaggia (5th race)
Best Bet: Warrior’s Ridge (7th race)
Live Longshot: Amy’s Cashin In (4th race)
Jarrod Horak’s Del Mar Pick 6 Tickets – Friday, August 31, 2012
Race 2 – Mcl-40k, 6f
Primary – #4 Tiz a Daisy, #1 Salty Forecast
Secondary – #11 Rich in Tradition, #10 Spring Bloom
Race 3 – OC-25/1x, 5T
Primary – #7 Mr. Onery
Secondary – #6 Shred the Secrets, #8 Madeoftherightstuf
Race 4 – Mcl-40k, 6.5f
Primary – #8 Amy’s Cashin In, #4 Swiss Bliss
Secondary – #5 Sharp Bella, #2 Stracciatella
Race 5 – OC-25/1x, 6.5f
Primary – #9 Bella Viaggia
Secondary – #1 Quizzical, #2 Oscillator
Race 6 – El Cajon, 8f
Primary - #3 Shaun Washington, #5 Unusual Heatwave
Secondary – #6 Jimmy Creed, #2 Fed Biz
Race 7 – MSW, 8T
Primary – #6 Warrior’s Ridge, #1 Hometown Hero
Secondary – #4 Big Bane Theory
Today’s Del Mar play of the day at HorseRacingNation.com
Friday Pick 6 Tickets
Note that the Standard Ticket shows how much it would cost if you used all of the contenders on one ticket. The multiple Primary/Secondary ticket strategy saves money and allows you to put your strong handicapping opinions to the test.
Jerrod: You call yourself a handicapper! How did you overlook the obvious winner in Thursday’s 9th race: jockey, trainer, speed figures and dazzling workouts–Big Man In Town had everything. Seriously, when a horse goes off at 60 to one you have to wonder if even the trainer had an inkling. I am defeated by Del Mar, but you should continue the battle.
In race 6, I think you have your program numbers and horse names mixed up? Shaun Washington is the 3 in my program.
Also card is race numbers 2 thru 7 today.
I think I will single the 7 in the third and single the 6 in the seventh. Go as deep as I can in the 2YO event fourth. Concerned about the sixth race El Cajon. If I go four deep in that race, surely one of the other two will pull some upset. Might need to buy the El Cajon with the “all” button.
You are right Robert N. Del Mar has been brutally tough at times and that last race winner on Thursday was impossible to come up with.
Thanks for the heads up, KRO. I made the necessary changes. Good luck with your tickets. Agree that the El Cajon is competitive. Hope the 6 wins the finale. I will play him in supers.
Scratch of the 1 in the sixth leaves only 5 runners now. I’m going “All” in that race for sure now. Just need to pick 5….no problem.
Don’t blame you for using all in the feature. Compact field and any can win. Good luck!